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[airfrogusmc]

...But why did you get rid of Bill French?
He wasn't all that bad....

Who frosty? Noth'n but trouble.

Right from the very start, trouble. :lol:

Where has Mr French been lately? Everything OK Bill?

 

[Vcruiser]

...But why did you get rid of Bill French?
He wasn't all that bad....

Who frosty? Noth'n but trouble.

Right from the very start, trouble. :lol:

Where has Mr French been lately? Everything OK Bill?

Allen
He finally contacted me. Seems that he has been vacationing with an ole buddy in Spain. No..it wasn't as shocking as it sounds. All just falls under "behind the scenes" moderator positioning of political nature.. therefore details forbidden to be exposed here. Still part of management,though...just laying low. Thank Gawd...
Dawg

 

[Atticus]

...But why did you get rid of Bill French?
He wasn't all that bad....

Who frosty? Noth'n but trouble.

Right from the very start, trouble. :lol:

Where has Mr French been lately? Everything OK Bill?

To paraphrase John Mellencamp, Mr. French is....."Forgettin' all 'bout that macho shit, and learning how to play guitar!"

AF

 

[airfrogusmc]

...But why did you get rid of Bill French?
He wasn't all that bad....

Who frosty? Noth'n but trouble.

Right from the very start, trouble. :lol:

Where has Mr French been lately? Everything OK Bill?

To paraphrase John Mellencamp, Mr. French is....."Forgettin' all 'bout that macho sh*t, and learning how to play guitar!"

AF

Noth'n wrong with that. So maybe he'll youtube us some of his Albert Collins riffs.

 

[airfrogusmc]

...But why did you get rid of Bill French?
He wasn't all that bad....

Who frosty? Noth'n but trouble.

Right from the very start, trouble. :lol:

Where has Mr French been lately? Everything OK Bill?

Allen
He finally contacted me. Seems that he has been vacationing with an ole buddy in Spain. No..it wasn't as shocking as it sounds. All just falls under "behind the scenes" moderator positioning of political nature.. therefore details forbidden to be exposed here. Still part of management,though...just laying low. Thank Gawd...
Dawg

:shock: :shock: Not Spain and the flea; say it ain't so Joe.

 

[Atticus]

No kidding. Bill talked himself into letting a sweet little Martin follow him home a couple of months ago. Well, OK, I might have helped some with that decision...but I think the man's been bitten pretty hard by the pickin' bug. We PM each other about string guage and chord progressions and such...but he don't say too much about jackets anymore.

AF

 

[Vcruiser]

No kidding. Bill talked himself into letting a sweet little Martin follow him home a couple of months ago. Well, OK, I might have helped some with that decision...but I think the man's been bitten pretty hard by the pickin' bug. We PM each other about string guage and chord progressions and such...but he don't say too much about jackets anymore.

AF

Yeah..
I heard he was wearing a pastey till his thumbnail grew out.
Cool...
Van

 

[Atticus]

I heard he was wearing a pastey till his thumbnail grew out.
Cool...
Van

Actually, its his pinkie nail......

Snifffffffffffftttttt!!

AF

 

[siddhartha]

He went right to the Martin??!?

I didn't know that...I've got one myself-gotta play it more!!!

Was just reminiscing with my brother how I used to warm up playing "The Fisherman" by Leo Kottke-these days I can't even LISTEN that fast...



Chris

 

[Vcruiser]

We got my 15 yr old Son got a guitar and amp for Christmas plus a learn to play book and CD. He is now learning cords on his Target special....
Van

 

[Atticus]

Was just reminiscing with my brother how I used to warm up playing "The Fisherman" by Leo Kottke...

:shock:

..guys, I think we may ahve a real guitar player in our midst.

Pudknocker Player

 

[siddhartha]

Haha! Yes, I used to be quite in to it back a few years...

I would say I haven't played that seriously for about 10 years, and just picked it up again. It's staring at me right now-I moved my guitar (and all its dust) into the living room so I'm forced to pick it up when I get home from work. So far, it's mostly playing a few minutes, cursing the sore fingers, then dinner/bed.

However, the weather is condusive to playing out on the balcony these days....

 

[Atticus]

He went right to the Martin??!?

I hope he doesn't mind me telling everyone...its a brand new D-16.

AF

 

[bfrench]

He went right to the Martin??!?

I hope he doesn't mind me telling everyone...its a brand new D-16.

AF

Hi, Guys,

Yep, AF is right - been trying to make callouses on my finger tips - lessons for 4 hours a week and practice, practice, practice all the while wearing my GW Dubow 20960 - I think the wife has her eye on it, too - getting afraid to leave the cabin without it.

Everything is ok - keep an eye on the member list every day and get lots of chuckles, too.

BTW - the flea sends his regards - seems he can't get past the registration page and he's not welcome at the hat house anymore.

Will post to Youtube as soon as the wife lets me have the camera again. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers,
Bill French

PS - Hey, AF - check out Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan on You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3PK0EHV6V0

 

[Atticus]

We got my 15 yr old Son got a guitar and amp for Christmas plus a learn to play book and CD. He is now learning cords on his Target special....
Van

Ummmm...before you turned yor kid loose with that thing, did you read the fine print on the perscription? Guitar playin' has been reported to cause some users to become...


..liberal.

 

[airfrogusmc]

He went right to the Martin??!?

I hope he doesn't mind me telling everyone...its a brand new D-16.

AF

Hi, Guys,

Yep, AF is right - been trying to make callouses on my finger tips - lessons for 4 hours a week and practice, practice, practice all the while wearing my GW Dubow 20960 - I think the wife has her eye on it, too - getting afraid to leave the cabin without it.

Everything is ok - keep an eye on the member list every day and get lots of chuckles, too.

BTW - the flea sends his regards - seems he can't get past the registration page and he's not welcome at the hat house anymore.

Will post to Youtube as soon as the wife lets me have the camera again. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers,
Bill French

PS - Hey, AF - check out Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan on You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3PK0EHV6V0

Pretty Cool Bill, Glad to hear things are good north of the border and that you are getting some callouses. I'll be stand'n in the back bic in hand screaming "play Stairway to Heaven MAN.----FREEEEEEEBUUUURD"

 

[airfrogusmc]

We got my 15 yr old Son got a guitar and amp for Christmas plus a learn to play book and CD. He is now learning cords on his Target special....
Van

Ummmm...before you turned yor kid loose with that thing, did you read the fine print on the perscription? Guitar playin' has been reported to cause some users to become...


..liberal.

Yeah he might turn out like this other Canadian rocker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPNISE0KJlA

 

[Vcruiser]

Just as long as my Son doesn't turn Canadian....
...I just couldn't take that.... :twisted:
Van

 

[Atticus]

More Neil Young guitar trivia sparked by the above clip......

Old Black is allegedly a 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. It has been customized quite considerably: after being left at a guitar repair store, the original bridge pickup was replaced by a Gretsch Dynasonic single-coil pickup. Eventually a mini-humbucker pickup from a Gibson Firebird guitar replaced the Dynasonic. The neck pickup has always been the original P-90 pickup, but it is covered by a metal p-90 cover, most likely from a Gibson ES-330. It was roughly resprayed to jet black, and received a new Tune-o-matic bridge (not available when the guitar was produced) and a B-7 model Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. It would presumably also have had a white plastic pickguard at some point, as was standard on 1953 Goldtops. Old Black is notable for its metal hardware, including an aluminum pickguard, whose rigidity produces additional feedback—a tone characteristic of many of Neil Young's guitar sounds.

 

[airfrogusmc]

More Neil Young guitar trivia sparked by the above clip......

Old Black is allegedly a 1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. It has been customized quite considerably: after being left at a guitar repair store, the original bridge pickup was replaced by a Gretsch Dynasonic single-coil pickup. Eventually a mini-humbucker pickup from a Gibson Firebird guitar replaced the Dynasonic. The neck pickup has always been the original P-90 pickup, but it is covered by a metal p-90 cover, most likely from a Gibson ES-330. It was roughly resprayed to jet black, and received a new Tune-o-matic bridge (not available when the guitar was produced) and a B-7 model Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. It would presumably also have had a white plastic pickguard at some point, as was standard on 1953 Goldtops. Old Black is notable for its metal hardware, including an aluminum pickguard, whose rigidity produces additional feedback—a tone characteristic of many of Neil Young's guitar sounds.

COOL.

I saw Neil and his band was Booker T, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and Jim Keltner in the early-mid 1990s. Great concert.